Places SoCal Creature Wants to Go

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The last of its kind in the country.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.